Again, weve got a really growing fan base in that part of the country and we wanted to get there as soon as we can. I have been good a lot and have won a lot of races (but) not at restrictor plate tracks, Busch said. Only 21 points separate sixth through 12th place. High of 89 degrees. Questions about infrastructure issues and so forth. 20 Young's Motorsports Chevrolet, Austin Wayne Self, No. Two top-10 and one 11th-place finish moved Elliott from 19th to the top spot by the fifth race. NASCAR announced that the Dover Cup race has been postponed to Monday because of rain. 20 For Young's Motorsports at Daytona in 2022", "Talladega Penalties Announced; Rodney Childers Suspended", "Matt Mills Signs Four-Race Deal to Drive Young's Motorsports' No. Theres been clamoring about IRP getting back on the schedule for some time. You know, unfortunately, we havent had the ability to race there since 2019, and unfortunately wont be going back there in 2022, and I think the biggest reason is just kind of the unknowns and uncertainties, theres a lot of logistics that go into planning a lot of these races and a lot of lead time, especially for international events. It felt like it was an important part of the country for us to get back to in some way, shape or form. The Midwest in particular is another really important part. The Weather Underground forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and a high of 60 degrees. That said, theres still a number of different things we definitely take a look at. Since 36 teams are entered, none will miss the race. 84 Cook Racing TechnologiesChevrolet, Matt Crafton, No. There is a 1% chance of rain for the start of the race. Italics Pole position set by final practice results or owner's points. June 23: Nashville Superspeedway 1 Stage 1 winner. He lives in New York City, but his heart is in Ohio -- you know, like that Hawthorne Heights song. 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Schedule Feb. 17: Daytona International Speedway March 3: Las Vegas Motor Speedway March 18: Atlanta Motor Speedway March 25: Circuit of the Americas April. I think he was actually better than me at the Bristol dirt race and had a better long run car than I did. NASCAR released the 2022 schedules for the Camping World Truck Series, making long-awaited returns to familiar venues at Portland International Raceway and Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. Obviously, we have our ups and downs, and I would say that we have struggled at times for sure, Martinsville being the worst. I think to your point, Lucas Oil is something actually weve been looking at for a while now. That is just the nature of that beast of restrictor plate racing.. Q. BEN KENNEDY: Yeah, I think thats for sure. I think itll be a great addition to the schedule, especially on that weekend. Following Truex at the finish were Josh Berry, Justin Allgaier, Austin Hill and John Hunter Nemechek. Oct. 21: Homestead-Miami Speedway I have not had a lot of restrictor plate wins and have been lucky enough to get those wins. Sept. 8: Kansas Excited about a lot of these new ones that were introducing in 22. Here is a look at this weekends schedule: Friday: Mostly sunny. . This year, its 61 points. If he hadnt wrecked at the last race of the regular season, he might have finished the regular season in second place. The drivers of those trucks in 2021 (, On August 26, 2021, it was announced that, On September 2, 2021, Jerry Freeze, the general manager of, On October 1, 2021, GMS Racing announced that. What track is it being replaced specifically by? 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Schedule Athlon Sports Nov 6, 2022 A look at every Truck Series race in the season ahead Here is a look at NASCAR 's Camping World Truck Series. Rank doesnt have the same meaning once the playoffs start. I think kind of second year of our NextGen schedules, glad to have them on there. The two pandemic-related changes midway through the season, the second, This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 07:42. I think it will be a great part of the schedule. 24 - Jack Wood - GMS Racing. BEN KENNEDY: I think youre right. Last but certainly not least, didnt want to leave this one open-ended, but wanted to address Canadian Tire. The return to the Lucas Oil track, formerly known as Indianapolis Raceway Park, will kick off the Truck Series playoffs on July 29 run in conjunction with Xfinity and Cup Series races that weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In 2022, . But rankings can fluctuate wildly in the first few weeks of the season because point totals are so low. Hell, I was at the first Truck race and it was quite a race at that track. Some great stuff, great content to look forward to. Thank you guys for taking the time. It always put on a great show for our fans. Dillon was instrumental in convincing his grandfather, team owner Richard Childress, to bring Busch into the fold at RCR. [1] On August 26, 2022, it was announced that Craftsman would return as the Truck Series title sponsor, although the tool company is now owned by Stanley Black & Decker instead of Sears, who owned Craftsman when they were the series title sponsor from 1995 to 2008. 2022 Paint Schemes. The Xfinity race at the 1.964-mile Portland International Raceway marks the first time a NASCAR national series has raced there since the Trucks ran there in 1999 and 2000. Really exciting from a racing product perspective and something that well continue to look at in the future. To your point, it is working with our broadcast partners, looking at different TV windows, where might make the most sense to schedule a lot of those races. ET Monday. The tour had run 23 races from 2015-20 and had a 25-race slate from 2003-11. Because points reset after the regular season, Ill limit the data to the first 26 races. The series will still visit a dirt track, as Bristol Motor Speedway will feature a dirt surface once again in April. That was our biggest and boldest schedule in terms of new venues that weve had in over five decades of our sport. I think it will be a really good addition to the schedule. Its been an important part of our country that we felt like is important for us to be in. 22 AM Racing Chevrolet, Grant Enfinger, No. 91 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Toyota, Jason Kitzmiller, No. Regarding Sonoma, was the reason is that the Cup rookies struggle there and also youre adding another event for the Trucks? Im using graphs and I know that panics some people. Although many drivers do obey our hypothesis, Kyle Larson is one of a number who dont. 7 Spire MotorsportsChevrolet, Blaine Perkins, No. Dr. Diandra: Fact-checking Kyle Buschs statement about late-season rank NASCAR Xfinity results: Ryan Truex wins at Dover, MORE: Hendrick Motorsports president says no changes in driver policy, MORE: Rain cancels Cup qualifying; Kyle Busch on pole, 4:30 11 p.m. Camping World Truck Series, 7:05 7:55 p.m. Truck practice (No TV), 9:02 9:27 p.m. Truck practice (No TV), 7 p.m. First of four Truck qualifying races (FS1, Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM Radio), 9 p.m. Truck race (150 laps, 75 miles; FS1, Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM Radio). Somebody told me this a long time ago, Busch said. Tweet; Pin It; 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Schedule *Times are not final* Regular Season. Better rankings are toward the top of the graph. I think frankly, if you look at the race this year, it put on a fantastic show for our fans as well. We felt like the timing made a lot of sense. Elliott finished 10th at the Daytona 500 and 26th at Fontana, putting him in 19th place after two races. Clear bars indicate a DNF. BEN KENNEDY: I think its really some of the recent restrictions that went into place to get across the border. Note: Race names and title sponsors are subject to change. Eliminated after Round of 10 NASCAR Truck Series at Darlington. I think it gives us the ability to go to some of these tracks we wouldnt otherwise have the ability to. 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (gloatingkitten2503) View source Contents 1 Teams and Drivers 1.1 Complete Schedule 1.2 Partial Schedule 2 Schedule Teams and Drivers Complete Schedule Partial Schedule Schedule The Triple Truck Challenge races (the races at Gateway, Nashville, and Mid-Ohio) are listed in bold. His graph for 2022 shows what that looks like. Great to see a good turnout today and appreciate you continuing to cover our sport even in the midst of everything going on in todays world. 15 David Gilliland Racing Ford, Tyler Ankrum, No. We felt like it was important for us to add additional content onto that weekend. Looking forward to being with them long-term in the future. BEN KENNEDY: To your point, definitely some changes to the Playoff structure. When Kyle ran his first full season, in 2005, the Coca-Cola 600 was the 12th race of the season. Its a big weekend for FOX as they close out their portion of the Cup Series schedule. NASCAR announced that the Dover Cup race has been postponed to Monday because of rain. Reigning Truck Series champion Ben Rhodes won last year's season opener on Daytona's 2.5-mile oval. 88 Thorsport RacingToyota, Colby Howard, No. Ryan Truex ran away from the rest of the field and easily won Saturdays NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Dover Motor Speedway. The Camping World Truck Series will start Feb. 18 at Daytona and end Nov. 4 at Phoenix. Both series have followed the Cup Series lead with tweaks to their playoff rotations. 41 For Ross Chastain at Atlanta", "Kris Wright to Drive No. After Charlotte, Busch was disqualified at Pocono and crashed at Michigan. 99 Thorsport RacingToyota. My mission: Find out if this hypothesis is true. The 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Serieswas the 28th season of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, a stock car racingseries sanctioned by NASCARin the United States. When you make plans for a schedule, how do you look at it differently than, say, Cup? BEN KENNEDY: Michigan is always an important part of our country. The season started with the NextEra Energy 250on February 18 at Daytona International Speedway, and concluded with the Lucas Oil 150on November 4 at Phoenix Raceway. Obviously a lot of corporate interests and opportunities to host them out there. Frankly it was a natural shift having the same promoters with Kevin Savoree and the team there. NASCAR 2022 Camping World Truck Series Schedule, 2022 ASCS Elite Non-Wing North Series Schedule, Rain Shortened and Rain Tires at Martinsville, Las Vegas Adds Downtown Area To NASCAR Hauler Parade, Kemmit Overcomes Bad Luck in the Battle of the Fenders II. Aug. 11: Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Green Flag Time: 6:30 p.m. CT Friday. The NASCAR Truck Series is set to roll to the .75-mile oval of Richmond Raceway for rounds of practice and qualifying ahead of tonight's race. In addition, the series travels to North Wilkesboro for the first time since 1996, the Truck Series second year in business, on May 20. 44 Niece Motorsports Entry in 2022", "Kris Wright, Niece Motorsports Part Ways", "Matt Jaskol Releases Statement Why He is No Longer with G2G Racing", "Mason Maggio Driving No. Q. It will be on IMS weekend, so well be there on Friday night, Xfinity and Cup on the big track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. 4 Kyle Busch Motorsports Racing, Austin Hill, No. [5] Corey Heim of Kyle Busch Motorsports won the 2022 Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year honors.[6]. Strong runs (and wins) kept him in first for the rest of the regular season, despite his midpoint Kansas-Charlotte-Gateway stumbles. Q. The entire schedule was released on September 14, 2022. It also gives us an opportunity, to your point, to test out some of these markets as we look at future iterations of the schedule. A big reason for that is because of the current COVID restrictions and a lot of the planning, logistics and lead time that are required for our teams and our industry to travel outside of the country. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you. Changing ranks is harder later in the season because each race counts for an increasingly smaller part of the average. By the time he reached Daytona, Elliott had built up enough of a points lead that even DNF-ing the final race of the regular season didnt knock him out of first place. Its put on some great racing action with the Xfinity Series over the past eight years. Strong runs (and wins) kept him in first for the rest of the regular season, despite his midpoint Kansas-Charlotte-Gateway stumbles. First, lets make it clear that Im fact-checking Buschs statement, not Busch himself. Pretty significant changes in the Playoff schedule, Gateway, Darlington, Vegas and Martinsville are off, Lucas Oil, Richmond, Kansas and Miami on. On top of that, too, we had a lot of teams reach out to us looking for additional content and additional weekends that we could have Truck Series racing. Busch ranked third at Charlotte in 2022 although he was sixth just two races before. Elliott is far from unique. Busch is right that, more often than not, rankings do tend to find their level after the first dozen or so races. View the Richmond starting lineup for the NASCAR Truck Series below. Larsons season was up and down from the start. It will be his first full-time season in the Truck Series. Race # Date Race Track Start Time TV; 1: Fri., Feb. 12: NextEra Energy 250: Daytona International Speedway: 7:30pm/et: FS1: 2: Fri., Feb. 19: TBA: Daytona International Speedway (Road Course) The race will be the series second on a dirt surface this year. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Kyle Busch: Team communication working well at RCR. It was important for us to get the Truck and Xfinity Series there. BEN KENNEDY: Thank you, guys. Updated Jun 16, 2022 at 6:04pm FOX Sports Jamie Little (left) will take over the booth for the Truck Series race at Knoxville. 19 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Toyota, Danny Bohn, No. One of the most high-profile NASCAR drivers has revealed plans for the 2022 Camping World Truck Series season. Is it a market that we feel like is important to us and is not oversaturated? The truck tour will also miss a date at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park for the third consecutive year. Dillon was instrumental in convincing his grandfather, team owner Richard Childress, to bring Busch into the fold at RCR. Excited to deliver that one. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. I think having two short tracks with Lucas Oil and Richmond, along with a mile-and-a-half track, will bring some diversity to that first portion of the Playoffs. Certainly a handful of things that go into Xfinity or Truck Series scheduling. Truex, from New Jersey, considers Dover his home track. Eliminated after Round of 10 But if you really want to understand NASCAR for fantasy leagues, betting, or your own enjoyment graphs are your best friends. An iconic short track. The chief subtractions from the 2022 schedule include no planned events at Sonoma Raceway and Knoxville Raceway. Tony Stewart entered the season as the defending series champion, having won the inaugural season in 2021. Ultimately all three of our series will be at Phoenix for the championship finale, which will be fantastic. Why not schedule it and then, if you have to change, change like you did this year? Well see the Camping World Truck Series go to Sonoma, as well. Q. Im from the Michigan area. 1 Stage 1 winner. A lot of data and a lot of collaboration thats gone on with it, and I think its a testament to the industry working together and collaborating and really creating some of the best schedules that weve seen so far, said Ben Kennedy, NASCAR senior vice president of strategy and innovation. Categories Camping World, the title sponsor of the series from 2009 to 2022, . 3 Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet, John Hunter Nemechek, No. I could go on the short run, but not the long run. And just as the NGROTS takes its competitors and fans to all of NASCAR's top tracks, the two NiCCS feature a challenging mix of iRacing's superspeedways, speedways, and short tracks. The Entry List for the O'Reilly Auto Parts 150 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Mid-Ohio on Saturday has been released. Weve obviously been there in the past with the Xfinity Series and the Truck Series. His graph for 2022 shows what that looks like. Even more so on the Cup side, too. Hopefully well put on a good show for the fans. One venue that keeps coming up is North Wilkesboro. 19", "Colby Howard Joins McAnally-Hilgemann Racing in Second Entry for 2022 Season", "Dean Thompson Joins the Niece Motorsports Lineup for a Full Time Effort in 2022", "Carson Hocevar Returns to Niece Motorsports Full Time in 2022", "Lawless Alan Joins Niece Motorsports for Full NCWTS Slate in 2022", "Matt DiBenedetto Running Full Time in Truck Series for Rackley W.A.R. Unfortunately wont be going back there in the 22 season. Marco Andretti won the championship by two points over Ryan Newman despite having no wins on the . Still working on the details of what exactly that will look like for those series. That said, there are a handful of different kind of variables that go into each one of our decisions, whether its the market, the facility itself, to your point the racing product, the timing of year, and then just overall efficiency for the industry, too. The Xfinity Series will start Feb. 19 at Daytona International Speedway and end Nov. 5 at Phoenix Raceway. 40Niece Motorsports Chevrolet, Carson Hocevar, No. May 12: Darlington Raceway Saturday: Mostly sunny. Obviously well be getting a lot of data and fan feedback coming out of those events and continue to look towards what the future of the schedule looks like based on how they all go. Busch ranked third at Charlotte in 2022 although he was sixth just two races before. Q. Can you talk about the characteristic of Xfinity and Truck? The Camping World Trucks calendar grows by one to a 23-race schedule. Certainly a lot to look forward to on the Cup schedule as well. With that said, the racing product is something that we continue to look at and will continue to look at in the future. Race Results. Through 10 races, Busch has two wins, three top fives and five top 10s. North Wilkesboro Speedway. Last year at the same time, Busch was in fourth place, 56 points out of first. Eliminated after Round of 8. The series will return to Knxville Raceway for a race on dirt. 45 - Lawless Alan - Niece Motorsports. Naturally having it on the same weekend as our racing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway made a lot of sense, too. NASCAR made the early decision to shift the green flag time for Sunday afternoon's Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway from 2:11 p.m. 30 in place of, Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year, Xfinity Series race at the Indianapolis Road Course, Laborers' International Union of North America, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs, Worldwide Express 250 for Carrier Appreciation, History of NASCAR schedule realignments Realignment 2022, "Camping World Ending Truck Series Sponsorship; Craftsman to Return? Rapid changes in rankings tells you that the points were very close. There are 36 drivers/teams for 36 spots. We continue to talk about our stuff and how we can get better, Busch said Saturday at Dover. Is that by design because of FOX Sports, it helps them out a little bit? Ultimately a lot of those conversations kind of came to a head over the summer. Q. The victory was Truexs first in the series. The last time the Truck races were at PIR was 99 or 2000. Photographer at Colorado National Speedway since 1981. The race is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. BEN KENNEDY: It absolutely is. Last year, the gap between first and 10th place was 103 points after 10 races. That said, we wanted to continue to have racing at Mid-Ohio, and in Ohio in particular. 98 Thorsport RacingToyota, Ben Rhodes, No. Only 21 points separate sixth through 12th place. No. . Aug. 27: The Milwaukee Mile 61 Hattori Motorsports Toyota, Ty Majeski, No. The Weather Underground forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and a high of 60 degrees. Ryan Truex ran away from the rest of the field and easily won Saturdays NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Dover Motor Speedway. The 2022 season schedule was announced on September 29, 2021. Part of that was really making sure that from a time-of-year standpoint, especially with the weather and the sensitivity to track prep and the dirt, we looked at a handful of dates and ultimately ended up landing on June 18th. Was there consideration given to the June 18th race at Knoxville not being held that weekend so the entire sport could have a week off? Three blown up motors in a row will hurt that. After taking the checkered flag at Talladega last week, Kyle Busch shared a piece of NASCAR oral wisdom regarding the nature of late-season driver rank changes. Going into there, I know they lost a race last year in the 21 schedule. The Trucks also will race at Sonoma Raceway and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. For the NASCAR Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series, we loved the idea of being able to deliver new road courses to both schedules and a short track for the Camping World Trucks while still returning to our traditional venues and the new tracks we introduced in 2021, said Ben Kennedy, NASCAR senior vice president of strategy and innovation, in a statement. Just as drivers rely on SMT data (also graphs), you will understand racing much faster with graphs than with tables of numbers. We definitely want to keep the rotation fresh and, I think, kind of going back to the Cup schedule, weve seen it now play out for a year and now were getting a taste of it, of what this new playoff schedule looks like in its second year, Kennedy said. 1-10 Regular season top 10 finishers. The formats are as follows: Daytona, Atlanta, Bristol dirt, Knoxville, Sonoma, Mid-Ohio, Nashville, and the Phoenix season ending race will have one 50-minute practice session. Your perspective on the significant changes in the Playoff structure there? To that end I will say its probably higher on the priority list. Lucas Oil (July 29), Richmond Raceway (Aug. 13) and Kansas (Sept. 9) make up an all-new Round of 10, and Homestead-Miami (Oct. 22) enters as the Round of 8 finale to set the field of four title contenders. 43 at Richmond, Replacing Ailing Josh Reaume", "After 10 Seasons, Matt Crafton to Have New Crew Chief in 2022 as Junior Joiner Steps Down", "Our Motorsports Fielding Three Xfinity Series Entries in 2022 for Brett Moffitt, Jeb Burton and Anthony Alfredo", "NASCAR crew chief indefinitely suspended after re-arrest", "Manufacturer-specific body updates unveiled for 2022 Camping World Truck Series season", "NASCAR Chevy Silverado to have a new look in 2022", "Derm Dude Sponsoring Spencer Boyd in 3 Truck Series Races in 2022", "Greg Van Alst Putting Finishing Touches on ARCA Schedule, Eyeing Truck Series Campaign in 2022", "NASCAR announces practice, qualifying return in 2022 with knockout-style format", "Atlanta Will Likely Have Double Yellow Line Rule", "Triple Truck Challenge races revealed for 2022", "Back to the Future: New venues, return of familiar locations highlight 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series slates", North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte), Clean Harbors 150 presented by Premier Chevy Dealers, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2022_NASCAR_Camping_World_Truck_Series&oldid=1142055535, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, On December 7, 2021, it was announced that GMS Racing would be downsizing from 5 full-time trucks to 2 in 2022 as a result of the team expanding into the Cup Series through their acquisition of the majority of Richard Petty Motorsports. But the racing product is certainly one of a handful of different considerations we take a look at on these new tracks and markets. Well share more at a later date. Larsons rise was facilitated in part by Buschs struggles. His rank reflected that, oscillating throughout the season. We felt like it made a lot of sense to bring the Truck Series there. That was announced, along with next years Xfinity and Camping World Truck Series schedules. Experience the action in person with NASCAR Camping World Truck Series tickets from Vivid Seats. I think on top of that, too, having that as a cutoff race to the regular season for the Truck Series, naturally how it fell, I think it will be an exciting race for us all to watch, too. Hailie Deegan will return . He has made 89 Xfinity starts. 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